Example sentences of "the [indef pn] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beth had soon discovered that David Miller had many weaknesses , but the one that concerned her most , and gave her reason to fear for the future , was his blind love for and loyalty to the monster who had raised him . |
| 2 | Thus , in comparing alternative economic structures the most efficient is defined as the one that generates the greatest total surplus , where that total surplus is the sum of consumers ' and producers ' surplus . |
| 3 | What , the one that fell ? |
| 4 | Not until the third bomb ( the one that exploded at too low an altitude ) were we were issued with anti-flash suits and goggles . |
| 5 | When a particularly difficult and obscure accident occurs , the aircraft manufacturer may suspect the possibility of the failure of a particular component , and acting in a responsible manner and with the highest possible motives may circulate to all operators of that type of aircraft a design for modifying the component just in case it was the one that failed . |
| 6 | The problem in virtually every case is that the department within the organization that uses the building is quite separate from the one that disposes of it . |
| 7 | Then then then the winner of course is the one that takes the money . |
| 8 | You 're the one that takes that ta change bed every night ? |
| 9 | you probably think you put a lot into , yeah , it 's the remind as well I think like the constant remind of you were the one that takes responsibility for birthdays and for Christmas presents |
| 10 | You 're the one that eats cheese too , you blame everything on Michael . |
| 11 | The one that kept that getting out when the wall got knocked down or something ? |
| 12 | I 've heard you selling the guy that showed you these two manifestos one by the Tories and one by the Labour and the one that stuck in my mind it 's that the Labour Party will have a minimum wage to comply with the rest of Europe . |
| 13 | Tha , that is the one that occurs the most frequently , yes by , by far . |
| 14 | With a muffled sigh she slid a hand behind his head to sink her fingers into his thick hair , while they exchanged a kiss that started a fire to rival the one that warmed them . |
| 15 | They run away from the ducklings and the ducklings have to follow them , and chase them as it were , and the one that catches them , is the one they feed . |
| 16 | Only see one way in which we are like God is in having moral and spiritual capacities no other creature has moral and spiritual capacities , they do not of the potential to worship , they do not of a code er , er , of moral laws , they 're not governed by that , it 's a case of , of the , might makes right , it 's a case of the strongest the one that survives and the weakest goes to the wall you 've only got to look er at a litter of pups and the last one is the one that 's pushed to the back every time is n't it , there 's no moral law there , those pups and the , and the bitch does n't er work out , that because that one is weaker it should be getting more , more nourishment , it should be cared for better , it does n't work like that in any thing else , but God has placed within humanity a moral responsibility and his place within as a spiritual capacity , were more than just animals , were created in his image , so God created us , capable of knowing him and growing to be like him and in his original creation they 're in need of , the , the , the highlight of it was when he came down and communicated and talked with Adam and Eve there in the garden and shared his heart with them and there was this perfect commune between God the creator and man his creation , he never did it to any animal , he did n't go and talk to the trees and the plants perfect though they were , he never looked on any of the other creatures that he had made , wonderful though they may be , beautiful in their colouring , and go and talk with them , but he talks with Adam and he shares his heart with him his purpose is that Adam should communicate with him and walk with him and has fellowship with him , growing to be like him , but you see even though God created us like that , he did n't create us as puppets , it was n't God up in heaven pulling the strings and Adam did that and Eve did this and that was how it were , God is not a puppeteer and he made as capable of choosing good and evil , he gave us moral choices , because he made us his moral beings and so we could choose to do this and not to do that , we could choose to , to do this and to leave the other undone . |
| 17 | Tracking along the trajectories he can establish that the electron which eventually fell onto this spot of the photographic plate was the one he called A whilst the one that collided with the gold atom was the one he had called B. Quantum mechanically ( that is to say , with the electrons of the real world ) this can not be done . |
| 18 | Also , it has been noted that men who carry another extra chromosome — in this case a Y chromosome , which is the one that determines maleness — are unusually tall and display aggressive antisocial behavior . |
| 19 | There are only two human species left and the only bond between them is hatred : the one that crushes and the one that refuses to be crushed " when he pointedly remarked : " In a world brutally divided into those who rule and those who serve , the philosopher must finally acknowledge a long-concealed secret alliance with those who govern or else declare his solidarity with those who are governed . |
| 20 | Even worse than the executor who dies , a solicitor told me gloomily , is the one that refuses to — Joanna Slaughter . |
| 21 | But they were still respectful to the Emperor ; as fellow-Muslims they were part of the group that had dominated India for centuries , and it is unlikely that he was nearly as worried by their attitude as he was by the threat of Persian invasions like the one that led to Delhi being captured and plundered in 1739 , or by the rebellious Marathas of western India , Hindu in religion and devoted to cavalry raids to plunder their neighbours . |
| 22 | Well the one that saw us worked for Halifax . |
| 23 | This is really a question about embryology , not genetics ; and it is an entirely separate question from the one that worried the Bishop of Birmingham and others . |
| 24 | ‘ Or maybe I 'm a fruitarian bat , ’ said Marina , laughing , ‘ the one that got turned down for every Drac film because she would n't suck blood . |
| 25 | The only German prisoner ever to escape from Britain , described in the book The One that Got Away , made his first attempt from Fetherstone . |
| 26 | Anglers like to talk of ‘ the one that got away ’ , but at least they occasionally bag a fish to flesh out their claims . |
| 27 | Saucy Cecil Parkinson lets his fingers do the talking about the one that got away . |
| 28 | During her career she became something of a film star , taking part in such films as , Angels One Five , Reach for the Sky , The One That Got Away , and Battle of Britain . |
| 29 | To Newport — Welsh U21s centre Justin Redrup , previously with Bristol , and potentially a big catch in Welsh outside-half David Evans from Cardiff ( or will he be the one that got away ? ) . |
| 30 | Follow the one that got away |